Marketa Vondrousova brushes past Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in Rome on Saturday after playing a marvellous match to clash against Karolina Pliskova in the semifinal.
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marketa clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately managing to win the set (6-3).
Marketa missed the chance to break Svitolina in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Vondrousova converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Svitolina was unable to convert any of her 8 break points. She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 74 points. Marketa was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Ukrainian (41-33). Marketa surrendered 15 points on serve (27-15). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Elina was overpowered in this set and Marketa won the set 6-0.
Vondrousova was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Elina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They played 40 points. Vondrousova conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Elina (28-12). Vondrousova lost 10 points on serve (16-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Elina conceded 12 points on serve (2-12).
Vondrousova will add to her prize money € 42,090 after winning this match. She has won already € 80,000 till now in this event. If she wins the next match, Marketa will add € 70,000 to her earnings to get in total € 150,000.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Marketa scored 69 points vs. Svitolina’s 45.
Marketa served very well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 48% points (15/31) on her second serve. Marketa won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Elina wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Vondrousova and Svitolina is 1-3 for Elina.
Highlights Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Vondrousova’s Interview
Draw and next match H2H: Marketa Vondrousova vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats
Vondrousova will face Pliskova in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Marketa Vondrousova and Karolina Pliskova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pliskova won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Miami back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Simona HalepHalep – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
